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Title: 
Mario Paniego. Espacio public(itari)o
Programme: 
Komsiario berriak. Programme aimed at supporting the curating practice
Date: 
03-12-2020 / 31-01-2021
Place: 
Atrium Cultures, floor 0
Artist(s): 
Curator(s): 
Paniego, Mario (1978- )
Produced by: 
Azkuna Zentroa - Alhóndiga Bilbao
Type: 
Exhibition
Tags: 
Curation
Art installations
Advertising
Summary: 
Mario Paniego proposes a review of the impact of advertising in public spaces through the exhibition Espacio públic(itari)o (public space/advertising space), which will be on display until 31 January in the Atrium of Cultures.

Within the framework of Komisario Berriak, a Basque Government programme to support the curating practice and to foster the consolidation of new professionals in the art world, Mario Paniego invites us to contemplate the question as to why advertising is so widespread «that it is imposible to get away from the noise it produces in daily life. It robs a good part of the public and personal space from us. It fills us with stimuli and empties us of ourselves», he assures.

Through this project, Mario Paniego presents the initiatives which have been set up in cities such as São Paulo, Wrocław or Grenoble, to restrict the use of advertising in public spaces and how this has been implemented.

Furthermore, the exhibition brings together the artistic and activist practice of the collectives and international artists Laura Marte, Jason Eppink, Maider López, Tony de Marco, Dobro and Vermibus, who work on this subject, either using the advertising media for their proposals or the public space to generate social reflection. The exhibition is completed with the pieces by Irene Cuesta del Cura and Eder Gutiérrez, selected through an invitation open to the Fine Arts students from the University of the Basque Country (UPV) and the IED KUNSTHAL to participate in the project.

As part of the Espacio públic(itari)o exhibition project, Mario Paniego undertook on 27 November, coinciding with Black Friday, an activity in the streets of Bilbao and in Azkuna Zentroa, promoting the emptying of advertising from several screens, as fostered since 2014 by the artist Vermibus through the NOADDAY initiative in line with the Buy Nothing Day movement.
Related activities: 
Espacio public(itari)o. Round Table
Appears in Collections:
Komisario berriak. Programme aimed at supporting the curating practice